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Parliament House in Darwin is Parliament House Darwin
(page 4). Northern Territory Government of Australia. Retrieved 2014-03-08
Parliament House History
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly website
{{Darwin, Northern Territory landmarks Legislative buildings in Australia Buildings and structures in Darwin, Northern Territory Tourist attractions in Darwin, Northern Territory Parliament of the Northern Territory 1994 establishments in Australia Government buildings completed in 1994
Parliament House in Darwin is Australia
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's newest Parliament Building. It has been the seat of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory of Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member electorates for four-year terms. The voting method fo ...
since 1994. Parliament House is located on State Square in the centre of Darwin, which is also the administrative centre of the Northern Territory
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law and government. It features Post modern
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features and was designed by Architect Tim Rogers, of Meldrum Burrows and Partners Pty Ltd. The Northern Territory Library
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is housed in Parliament House. Construction of Parliament House began in 1990, and the building was completed in 1994, and officially opened by the Governor-General of Australia
The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.Bill Hayden
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on 18 August 1994. Before Parliament House the former Northern Territory Legislative Council
The Northern Territory Legislative Council was the partly elected governing body of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1947 until its replacement by the fully elected Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in 1974.
Prior to 1947, there ha ...
established in 1948 was housed in various temporary buildings around Darwin. After 1974, the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory of Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member electorates for four-year terms. The voting method fo ...
continued to operate on the same basis, and settled in buildings on the current location until 1990 when they were demolished to allow commencement of the construction of Parliament House. From 1990 to the end of 1994, the Assembly temporarily met in the Chan Building
The Chan Building was located in State Square in central Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
The Chan Building was the eighth and last of the large government office blocks to be built in the centre of Darwin in the 1960s. It was kno ...
.
Two workers were killed during the construction of Parliament House when a crane collapsed in March 1991.(page 4). Northern Territory Government of Australia. Retrieved 2014-03-08
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*Parliament House History
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly website
{{Darwin, Northern Territory landmarks Legislative buildings in Australia Buildings and structures in Darwin, Northern Territory Tourist attractions in Darwin, Northern Territory Parliament of the Northern Territory 1994 establishments in Australia Government buildings completed in 1994